Denise Welch cuddles up to son Matty Healy's fiancée Gabbriette Bechtel in rare snap at couple's engagement party in California

Daily Mail​

13-05-2025

Denise Welch cuddled up to her son Matty Healy 's fiancée Gabbriette Bechtel in a rare snap at the couple's engagement party on Monday.
The Loose Women star, 66, took to her Instagram Stories and re-shared an image from the model's account of the pair looking as glamorous as ever.
Denise looked incredible in a pink and red floral dress as she wrapped an arm around Gabrittee, 27, who stunned in a white midi dress.
The bride-to-be simply captioned the adorable snap: 'MAMA.'
During the night, Denise gave her fans a glimpse into the engagement party in California, as she shared snaps with Matty, 36, who looked dapper in a all black ensemble.
Matty and Gabbriette have been linked since September 2023, when they were spotted packing on the PDA in New York City, shortly after his well-publicised split from Taylor Swift in June that year.
The couple went on to announce their engagement in June 2024 after a whirlwind nine-month romance, with Gabbriette showing off her black diamond ring on Instagram.
The engagement party comes after Gabbriette shared a passionate kiss with her fiancé at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in Sydney in December after he got into a heated row while defending her to Azealia Banks.
The 1975 frontman attended the ceremony in support of his musician partner who was honoured with the International Sensation of the Year award.
The influencer took to her Instagram at the time to share a slew of photos from the night, including several smitten snaps of her cosying up to Matty.
One shot saw the singer wrap his arms around Gabbriette, while a short video showed him getting down on one knee in front of her, before rising up to share a smooch.
Their PDA-filled night came mere hours after Matty engaged in yet another fiery back-and-forth with controversial rapper Azealia Banks.
The drama unfolded when Azealia criticized pop superstar and fiancee of Matty's 1975 bandmate George Daniel, Charli XCX, taking to X to tweet: 'Charli used to be sooo pretty. Ugh.'
Matty fired back with a scathing response that read: 'All the women you attack seem to be culturally relevant, attractive, divisive and NICE people. I think this makes you jealous cos you're so talented but everything else about you is a failure. Just rap bro.'
He then came to the defence of his own fiancée, as he ranted: 'And on that point if I see one little s**t bag twitter barista say ONE thing about my Gabi, EVER, I will use my mental illness to full affect and I will dox and f**k you up. I'm so over pretending to have different standards online cos it's 'not real'. Well, a f***in slap is.'
However, an unimpressed Azealia responded by insulting both Gabriette and Matty, as she savagely replied: 'The b***h look[s] like Frankenstein to me. You both look like you share needles. Lmao.'
An enraged Matty then issued a wildly dramatic threat, tweeting: 'Talk to me like that I'm not gonna side eye you at an awards do I'll f******slap you so hard I'll get a Guiness world record for the highest a rat some bitch calls a wig has ever flown.'
Recognizing the inappropriate nature of his outburst, the singer quickly backtracked, apologizing: 'Nah I can't be saying I'm gonna hit a girl that's insane I'm sorry. You just can't keep being so mean about my mates and my mrs it's really hurtful gets me well defensive.'
After Azealia threatened to sue Matty over his threat of physical violence, he later took to The 1975's Reddit page to issue a grovelling apology saying he had 'let himself down' and that he felt 'gross' for having 'acted violent'.
He wrote: 'What a bad day, I really let myself down. I have worked so hard to move past these impulsive self destructive and honestly quite volatile outbursts I have.'
'I'm constantly making trouble for myself for no reason, I come back to social media after depressive episodes (which is NOT an excuse) because I often become sober, so as an addict when I'm not using I pick up social media my new way of 'consuming' and changing how I feel.'
'I just feel dreadful about how I acted violent – I think Azealia and all obvious flawed people all deep down have a heart and I hate that I have contributed to her mental fragility. She's a human.'
'This cultural discourse has become so violent in general. I don't wanna act like I regret who I am or who have been. But Tbh at this point I feel gross even having said anything negative ever about anything – if it's contributed to this culture.'
Aside from her modelling pursuits, Gabbriette shares a taste for the stage with Matty, having been the lead vocalist for punk rock band Nasty Cherry - a group hand-picked by British Charli XCX in 2018.
In an interview with British Vogue, Gabby opened up about her relationship with Matty and even hinted about wanting children in the future, gushing: 'I love being in love,' after hanging up the phone to her fiancé.
She added: 'When I thought that I was in love before it was just me being a person of service to somebody else.'
Hinting at how she and Matty first connected, when answering what her advice to anyone still looking for love is, she replied: 'Answer all your DMs and listen to your closest friends.'